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December 2019

December 15, 2019

What is Joy?

Week three of Advent is all about Joy. Joy is a word that is sometimes...

December 14, 2019

The “O Antiphons” Tradition

We are at the end of Week Two, the week of Faith. We have talked...

December 13, 2019

Plan a Faith Intervention

Yesterday we talked about helping people to see the goodness, sacredness, and potential that they...

December 12, 2019

Having Faith, in others

Do you have a catchphrase? For Bugs Bunny, it was "What's up doc?" Walter Cronkite...

December 11, 2019

Indiscriminate Kindness

I have a friend who has made it a mission to practice random acts of...

December 10, 2019

Telling Stories of Faith

I grew up in a Christian family. As a child, I loved this time of...

December 09, 2019

Feeding your faith in a world of fear

I hate watching the news. It's not that I don't like to know what is...

December 08, 2019

Faith: Let go of the Vine!

Is faith a belief or an action? There's a parable that Gino Wickman tells in...

December 07, 2019

Send Hope: Write a Note

There is an anti-hunger organization called Bread for the World that I used to work...

December 06, 2019

What are you building?

There's an often-repeated story about the construction of the Salisbury Cathedral. The story goes like...

December 05, 2019

Praying for a Hope Filled Heart

Every morning at The Hope Clinic, we gather in prayer. It is a time to...

December 04, 2019

Three Practices to turn you into an agent of hope

Hope begins when we keep three things open in our lives: our eyes, our hearts,...

December 04, 2019

Confronting Despair as a Spiritual Practice

I recently read an article in the Washington Post warning that there is a rising...

December 03, 2019

Tools for finding Hope

A few years ago a couple of friends and I decided to start a coffee...

December 02, 2019

Two Questions that will help you start each day with Hope!

I have four young boys. One of their favorite things to do is read books....

December 01, 2019

WELCOME TO ADVENT WEEK 1 : HOPE!

When Advent first emerged, it was rooted in the need for hope. Advent was started...

November 2019

November 27, 2019

I don’t want you to waste this Advent season!

Advent can sometimes get overwhelmed by the business of the Christmas season. This is really...

October 2019

October 07, 2019

10 Reasons I Pray the Rosary

Here's a video I made a couple years back in honor of the feast of...

August 2019

August 07, 2019

An Open Heart

We pray today For an open heart A heart that welcomes in Those who feel...

June 2019

June 12, 2019

Schmemann’s Errors in context

For newcomers in liturgical theology Fr. Alexander Schmemann is a figure that everyone comes into...

June 03, 2019

Schmemann as Pastor in America

The history of Eastern Orthodoxy in the United States is fascinating. In my own study...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

Understanding “For the Life of the World” in its historical context

Understanding is a gift that is often hard fought for. Those precious few who can...

May 20, 2019

In Conversation with Schmemann: Reviewing “We Give Our Thanks Unto Thee”

There are few voices that have captivated my theological imagination like that of Alexander Schmemann....

March 2019

March 13, 2019

A key to transformation this lent

Culture is contagious. There was a recent study that was done that showed one of...

March 06, 2019

Lent: Setting our eyes on Jesus

Today begins Lent. A few years ago I did some research into the origins of Lent. There isn't...

January 2019

January 23, 2019

Step by Step

Heavenly Father, I want to follow Jesus. I want to follow him step by step....

December 2018

December 10, 2018

Christmas is not Jesus’ Birthday

I have some shocking news for you. Christmas is not about celebrating Jesus birthday. Don’t...

December 05, 2018

Start with Hope

Where do you find hope? We have now entered the season of Advent. This...

August 2018

August 26, 2018

Mourning and weeping

To say this has been a difficult month for those within the Catholic Church would...

June 2018

June 24, 2018

John the Baptist: Prophet of doom?

Today we celebrate the birth of John the Baptist, the last of the prophets who pointed to the coming of Jesus. He was specially called by God to prepare the way for the Messiah,...